Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-04
Dakota TERRITORIAL III

Citizens of Woonsocket
been formally notified by the 81
OF the Duluth, Waterfowl ana 3.
that Woonsoeket's bid for IL
line has been accepted.
The discovery has just beensn
OF extensive peat beds on the farss
John l.. Marso, in Lake tox..4
Sully county, ten miles northess3
Blunt, in the Medicine VALLEY.
Cass county's valuation by Is.
sessment this year is S12,t7lgsa
increase Of $500, 900 over last :.
There are 131, COS acres Assesses
a total of SO, lao, 892, an increass
S600,o0
While James McGilI employed !.
wiperinthe Manitoba shops at MIs
was In bathing he got beyo,.a
depth and was drowned in the Mos
river.
During a terrific thunder and
storm Charles Herst OF Fort Pa
took his family into a. cyclone csls
and went out to take a last look
the storm. While at the window
was struck by lightning and killsd
hole as large as q pea was found 4
head, and all his bones. we're uelt]
and his body had turned PEREZ
black.
The Northwestern Dental assoc
ton met at Fargo with atssnd.5l
from North Dakota, Northern Mlnn
sofa, st. Paul, Minneapohs<,
Moines and Milwaukee.
Judge Spencer has dissolved IN
junction which he issued tempsraY;s
restraining the removal OF tn. count
records of Brown county IRON Conn
bia to Aberdeen. A number oil ms,
and teams left Aberdeen:for Column,
to remove the county records
Aberdeen. They were obtained sIff3
out resistance.
A Leonard dispatch says that
hail storm visited that vicinity deira
considerable damage to crops. n
wife OF Eckelson Thompson Va
struck by lightning and killed
At Fargo, in addition to the tossd
destruction of the foundry by I'd
storm the Milwaukee freight depoe2
built of brick, with slate rooi, was al
molished. The goods are being cared
for in freight cars. There were nasy3
minor damages TO property.
A terrific hail storm swept over Ran
id City, covering the ground to IN
depth of four inches, breaking sradox|
lights on the west and north sides 81
every house in the city. The damaas]
is estimated at $4,000. A number,
of persons were injured, but none "a
tally so far as heard from. whers]
grain was touched it was totally d.
stroyed.
Judge Barnes, now OF Delayan, wez
but district Judge of North, Dakota upi
to 1883, has been spendinga few weeks
in Fargo. He tells some interastsns|
anecdotes OF early days on the bench.
Several years ago E H. Bly,. proprie.j
tor of the Sherman house at Bismarck,
was foreman of the grand Jary for The
Burleigh county term OF the district
court, and among the indictments e.
returned were three against himself,
two being for selling liquor on SUNDAY,
and the other for allowing gambling
in his house. Hepleaded guilty to aH,
and paid his fine. The Judge says
that at another timed B. Chaplin Of
Fargo was member of the grand Jury
that indicted hinself fChapinl for
Sunday liqror selling, and after the
jury had made its report be stepped
out of the jury box and. said: 4
plead guilty to that charge, and ! rot
ed in favor of the Indictment. The
Judge fined him $50, and he stegrad
up to the clerk and pulled out the
money. As he paid it. he remarked
to the judge, "Iye sold liquor Tor sew.
en- years-on Sunday as well as tie
rest OF the week-and | can make
enough in a day to pay this fine.
believe, though, in upholding the mai
eSty OF n law.
The college committee of the Congre
gatioDal church met at Fargo, and
accepted the proposition made by !
citizens COMMITTEES in rega.d to thl
bonus to be given for a location ofthl
Congregational college in Fargo. Il
was decided to accept the fair ground
site when the title was cleared. Thes'
selected the following directors io
the first year: Reyerends H. G. Sim
mons. r. A. Beard, G. S. Barnes. A
L Gillette, A. j. Pike. William Ewing
and Messrs. A. A. Miller. y. T. 0Des
aard, j. c. Giddings, E. W. Giraffe
and g. S. Barnes. Rev. Mr.. Simtnon
was made chairman and Rev. Mr
Beard secretary. The board was az
thorized to 20 a head at once, secErl
teachers, temporary rooms, and I'D
vertise the opening of the pr~eparator!
school in the fall.
At McCanna, the Minneapolis
Northern elevator was burned. 1t
a total loss, with 1000 to 1000
bushels OF wheat
Prof. Reno OF New York hasius
been added to b efaculty of the Metz
odist university at Mitchell.
Lightning did great damage abou
Abercrombie by striking hay stack
and horses. At Mansion Prairie, fs
miles east, five horses belonging to II
ter Goodhue were killed by one strok'
two frame houses were unrocsed an
Charles Miller lost 100 tons of hay.
A wind and hail storm blew owe
the Catholic church, three dwellin
houses and two barns at Ethan, an
destroyed some corn aud whea
Damage to crops is reported frol
Hanson and Aurora counties. ]
Warner nearly 1000 acres OF stan
ing wheat were destroyed. In Bal
township $4,000 worth OF wheat va
lost. Two miles south of Groto
losses were sustained to the extent
$1,000. Near Scatterwood lake -
acres of wheat were destroyed. II
losses in that vicinity viii exceed Sl5
600.
At Groton,L L. A. Clark S feed mil, an
Bayley & Cargle's coal yards, war
|, house and office were burned. Baylt
& Cargle's loss is $500, and Clark
; 5000; no insurance,
At Oaremont, James Garringte
was arrested, charged with burglar
ing the store OF Biermans & Made
In default of bail he was committee
The Twelfth Infantry left Butia
on the 26th aboard the steamers Va
derbilt and India, and are due in u
luth on the first OF August. FRO
this point they will be distributed
posts in the department.
! The Dakota railroad commissit